We’ve All Been All The Moms

Have you been all these moms?

I have been that mother—the really focused, engaged, loving mother who was all in, enjoying every speck of every second of motherhood. I have had days of basking in the moment and wanting it to last forever. I have been her, all of her. She is the woman I wish I was for my children at every moment.

But I have also been a mother who felt like I could not answer one more question, listen to anymore crying, clean up one more mess. A mother who has felt so tired I thought I would split in two. I have been all of her too, every bit of her.

I have been the mother that has sped away on a rainy Saturday night because my four walls were closing in on me and I felt like I couldn’t breathe.
I have been the mother who has wanted nothing more than to stay in and embrace all the crazy commotion.

I have been the mother who spends an hour helping her child with homework, able to hold on to my patience and a smile.
I have been the mother who snaps a pencil in half helping with homework just five minutes in.

I have been the mother who shows up on time, wearing a nice outfit with my hair done.
I have been the mother who shows up late, wearing dirty activewear, frazzled and overwhelmed.

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